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.\"    Manual: MySQL Database System
.\"    Source: MySQL 5.6
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.TH "\FBNDB_BLOB_TOOL\FR" "1" "03/25/2015" "MySQL 5\&.6" "MySQL Database System"
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.\" ndb_blob_tool
.SH "NAME"
ndb_blob_tool \- check and repair BLOB and TEXT columns of MySQL Cluster tables
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBndb_blob_tool\ \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB\ \fR\fB\fItable\fR\fR\fB\ [\fR\fB\fIcolumn\fR\fR\fB,\ \&.\&.\&.]\fR\ 'u
\fBndb_blob_tool \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fItable\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fIcolumn\fR\fR\fB, \&.\&.\&.]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool can be used to check for and remove orphaned BLOB column parts from
NDB
tables, as well as to generate a file listing any orphaned parts\&. It is sometimes useful in diagnosing and repairing corrupted or damaged
NDB
tables containing
BLOB
or
TEXT
columns\&.
.PP
The basic syntax for
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR
is shown here:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ndb_blob_tool [\fIoptions\fR] \fItable\fR [\fIcolumn\fR, \&.\&.\&.]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Unless you use the
\fB\-\-help\fR
option, you must specify an action to be performed by including one or more of the options
\fB\-\-check\-orphans\fR,
\fB\-\-delete\-orphans\fR, or
\fB\-\-dump\-file\fR\&. These options cause
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR
to check for orphaned BLOB parts, remove any orphaned BLOB parts, and generate a dump file listing orphaned BLOB parts, respectively, and are described in more detail later in this section\&.
.PP
You must also specify the name of a table when invoking
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR\&. In addition, you can optionally follow the table name with the (comma\-separated) names of one or more
BLOB
or
TEXT
columns from that table\&. If no columns are listed, the tool works on all of the table\*(Aqs
BLOB
and
TEXT
columns\&. If you need to specify a database, use the
\fB\-\-database\fR
(\fB\-d\fR) option\&.
.PP
The
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
option provides additional information in the output about the tool\*(Aqs progress\&.
.PP
The following table includes options that are specific to
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR\&. Additional descriptions follow the table\&. For options common to most MySQL Cluster programs (including
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR), see
Options Common to MySQL Cluster Programs(1)\&.
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.br
.B Table\ \&18.82.\ \& This table describes command-line options for the ndb_blob_tool program
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB lB lB.
T{
Format
T}:T{
Description
T}:T{
Added or Removed
T}
.T&
l l l
l l l
l l l
l l l
l l l.
T{
.PP
--check-orphans
T}:T{
Check for orphan blob parts
T}:T{
.PP
All MySQL 5.6 based releases
T}
T{
.PP
--database=db_name,
.PP
-d
T}:T{
Database to find the table in.
T}:T{
.PP
All MySQL 5.6 based releases
T}
T{
.PP
--delete-orphans
T}:T{
Delete orphan blob parts
T}:T{
.PP
All MySQL 5.6 based releases
T}
T{
.PP
--dump-file=file
T}:T{
Write orphan keys to specified file
T}:T{
.PP
All MySQL 5.6 based releases
T}
T{
.PP
--verbose,
.PP
-v
T}:T{
Verbose output
T}:T{
.PP
All MySQL 5.6 based releases
T}
.TE
.sp 1
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" ndb_blob_tool: check-orphans option
.\" check-orphans option: ndb_blob_tool
\fB\-\-check\-orphans\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
l l s s
l l l s
^ l l s.
T{
\fBCommand\-Line Format\fR
T}:T{
\-\-check\-orphans
T}
T{
\fBPermitted Values\fR
T}:T{
\fBType\fR
T}:T{
boolean
T}
:T{
\fBDefault\fR
T}:T{
FALSE
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Check for orphaned BLOB parts in MySQL Cluster tables\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" ndb_blob_tool: database option
.\" database option: ndb_blob_tool
\fB\-\-database=\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-d\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
l l s s
l l l s
^ l l s.
T{
\fBCommand\-Line Format\fR
T}:T{
\-\-database=db_name
T}
T{
\fBPermitted Values\fR
T}:T{
\fBType\fR
T}:T{
string
T}
:T{
\fBDefault\fR
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Specify the database to find the table in\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" ndb_blob_tool: delete-orphans option
.\" delete-orphans option: ndb_blob_tool
\fB\-\-delete\-orphans\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
l l s s
l l l s
^ l l s.
T{
\fBCommand\-Line Format\fR
T}:T{
\-\-delete\-orphans
T}
T{
\fBPermitted Values\fR
T}:T{
\fBType\fR
T}:T{
boolean
T}
:T{
\fBDefault\fR
T}:T{
FALSE
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Remove orphaned BLOB parts from MySQL Cluster tables\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" ndb_blob_tool: dump-file option
.\" dump-file option: ndb_blob_tool
\fB\-\-dump\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile\fR\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
l l s s
l l l s
^ l l s.
T{
\fBCommand\-Line Format\fR
T}:T{
\-\-dump\-file=file
T}
T{
\fBPermitted Values\fR
T}:T{
\fBType\fR
T}:T{
file name
T}
:T{
\fBDefault\fR
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Writes a list of orphaned BLOB column parts to
\fIfile\fR\&. The information written to the file includes the table key and BLOB part number for each orphaned BLOB part\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" ndb_blob_tool: verbose option
.\" verbose option: ndb_blob_tool
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
l l s s
l l l s
^ l l s.
T{
\fBCommand\-Line Format\fR
T}:T{
\-\-verbose
T}
T{
\fBPermitted Values\fR
T}:T{
\fBType\fR
T}:T{
boolean
T}
:T{
\fBDefault\fR
T}:T{
FALSE
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Provide extra information in the tool\*(Aqs output regarding its progress\&.
.RE
Example.PP
First we create an
NDB
table in the
test
database, using the
CREATE TABLE
statement shown here:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
USE test;
CREATE TABLE btest (
    c0 BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, 
    c1 TEXT, 
    c2 BLOB
)   ENGINE=NDB;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Then we insert a few rows into this table, using a series of statements similar to this one:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
INSERT INTO btest VALUES (NULL, \*(Aqx\*(Aq, REPEAT(\*(Aqx\*(Aq, 1000));
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
When run with
\fB\-\-check\-orphans\fR
against this table,
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR
generates the following output:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBndb_blob_tool \-\-check\-orphans \-\-verbose \-d test btest\fR
connected
processing 2 blobs
processing blob #0 c1 NDB$BLOB_19_1
NDB$BLOB_19_1: nextResult: res=1
total parts: 0
orphan parts: 0
processing blob #1 c2 NDB$BLOB_19_2
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=1
total parts: 10
orphan parts: 0
disconnected
NDBT_ProgramExit: 0 \- OK
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The tool reports that there are no
NDB
BLOB column parts associated with column
c1, even though
c1
is a
TEXT
column\&. This is due to the fact that, in an
NDB
table, only the first 256 bytes of a
BLOB
or
TEXT
column value are stored inline, and only the excess, if any, is stored separately; thus, if there are no values using more than 256 bytes in a given column of one of these types, no
BLOB
column parts are created by
NDB
for this column\&. See
Section\ \&11.7, \(lqData Type Storage Requirements\(rq, for more information\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
.sp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
which may already be installed locally and which is also available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
.SH AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).
